In November 2015, the number of salaried employed persons in industry fell 0.4% in comparison with the October figure, in the seasonally-adjusted series. That was the eleventh consecutive negative rate, with cumulative decrease of 7.3% in the period. With these results, the quarterly moving average index fell by 0.6% in the quarter which ended in November 2015 versus the figure in the previous month and has remained on a downward trend since April 2013. Industrial employment also recorded decrease of 7.2% in the monthly index November 2015, the 50th consecutive positive result in this type of comparison. Considering the cumulative index in eleven months of 2015, total salaried employed persons in industry fell by 6.0%, with more significant decrease than in the first semester of the year (-5.2%). Both comparisons are against equivalent periods in the preceding year. The annualized rate, the cumulative index in the last 12 months, having decreased 5.9% in November 2015, had its worst negative result since the start of the time series, and has remained on a downwards trend since September 2013 (-1.0%). The complete publication is available here.

In comparison with the same month a year before, employment in industry fell 7.2% in November 2015, and the number of workers faced decreases in the 17 of the 18 areas surveyed. The main negative contributions came from means of transportation (-14.1%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-15.8%), machinery and equipment (-10.0%), rubber and plastic (-12.5%), metal products (-11.7%), apparel (-9.0%), non-metallic mineral products (-9.4%), other products from manufacturing industry (-11.0%), textiles (-9.2%), basic metals (-9.1%), footwear and leather (-5.1%) paper and press (-3.6%), mining and quarrying industries (-5.1%) and wood (-5.6%). The only positive result was that of oil refining and alcohol product in (-0.7%).

In terms of the cumulative index in 11 months of the year, industrial employment recorded decrease of 6.0%, with negative rates in the 18 subsectors surveyed. The main negative contributions to the national average came form means of transportation (-11.2%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-13.7%), fabricated metal products (-10.7%), machinery and equipment (-8.0%), food products and beverages (-2.2%), other products from manufacturing industry (-9.6%), wearing apparel (-6.0%), footwear and leather (-6.9%), rubber and plastic (-5.0%), basic metals (-7.3%), non-metallic mineral products (-4.3%), textiles (-5.3%), paper and press (-3.5%) and mining and quarrying industry (-4.7%).

Number of hours paid is 0.2% smaller in November

InNovember 2015, the number of hours paid to industry workers, in the seasonally adjusted series, fell by 0.2% in the comparison with the immediately previous month, the ninth negative rate in a row, with cumulative decrease of 7.3%. As a result, the quarterly moving average index fell 0.6% in the quarter which ended in November 2015, in comparison with the level of the previous month, and has remained on an upward trend as observed since May 2013.

In comparison with the same month in the previous year, number of hours paid to industry workers fell 7.7% in November 2015, the 30th negative rate in a row in this type of comparison. There was widespread decrease, since all the 18 sbsectors surveyed recorded decline. The main negative contributions came form means of transportation (-15.0%), machinery, electronic appliances and communication apparatus (-15.7%), rubber and plastic (-13.6%), fabricated metal products (-12.0%), machinery and equipment (-9.5%), wearing apparel (-9.2%), other products from manufacturing ijndustry (-12.0%), non-metallic mineral products (-9.9%), textiles (-9.2%), basic metals (-11.5%), paper and press (-5.0%), footwear and leather (-4.9%), mining and quarrying industry (-5.7%) and food and beverages (-0.6%).

In terms of the cumulative index from January to November 2015, there was retraction of 6.6%, contributing to the deceleration in the end of the first semester (-5.8%), being both comparison versus the same period in the previous year. In this in dicator, the 18 subsectors surveyed recorded decrease. The main negative contributions to the national average came from means of transportation (-12.3%), machinery, electronic appliances and communication apparatus (-13.2%), fabricated metal products (-11.0), machinery and equipment (-8.6%), food products and beverages (-2.5%), other products from manufacturing industry (-10.3%), footwear and leather (-8.7%), basic metals (-9.6%), non-metallic mineral products (-5.6%), paper and press (-4.5%), textiles (-5.0%), oil refining and alcohol production (-7.7%), mining and quarrying industry (-4.4%) and wood (-5.8%).

The annualized rate, the cumulative index of the last twelve months, having changed from -6.4% in October to -6.5% in November, recorded the worst negative result since the start of the time series and has remained on a downward trend since September 2013 (-1.0%).

Real payroll falls 2.2% in November

In November 2015, the seasonally adjusted real payroll of industry workers fell by 2.2% versus that of the previous month, the firth negative result in a row, with cumulative decrease 7.4% in this period. This monthly index was influenced by both manufacturing industry (-1.6%), which kept negative rates for the 11th month in a row, and from mining and quarrying industry (-0.4%). With these results, the quarterly moving average index recorded decrease of 1.6% in the quarter which ended in November 2015 in comparison with the level in the previous month and has remained on a downward trend since last February.

In comparison wiith the same month in the previous year real payroll decreased by 10.6%, the 18th negative rate in a row in this type of comparison, and the worst one since the beginning of this time series. The results were negative in the 18 subsectors surveyed, the main highlights being means of transportation (-20.9%), machinery and equipment (-11.6%), metal products (-16.6%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-14.8%), basic metals (-12.9%), mining and quarrying industry (-10.1%), food and beverages (-3.3%), paper and press (-9.1%), rubber and plastic (-10.3%), non-metallic mineral products (-11.3%), other products from manufacturing industry (-13.3%), textiles (-12.4%),oil refining and alcohol production (-9.9%), footwear and leather (-9.4%), chemicals (-2.4%) and apparel (-3.4%).

In the cumulative index for 11 months in 2015, the real payroll of industry recorded decrease of 7.5%, with more deceleration than in the first semester of the year (-6.2%), being both comparisons versus similar periods in the previous year. All the 18 activities surveyed recorded negative rates. The main negative contributions came from means of transportation (-12.9%), machinery and equipment (-7.4%), communication and electric-electronic machinery and apparatus (-12.5%), fabricated metal products (-11.9%), food and beverages (-3.6%), basic metals (-10.8%), mining and quarrying industry (-7.4%), rubber and plastic (-7.1%), other products from manufacturing industry (-9.9%), paper and press (-4.5%), footwear and leather (-9.6%), non-metallic mineral products (-4.9%), textiles (-6.7%), oil refining and alcohol production (-6.7%) and chemicals (-1.8%).

The annualized rate , the cumulative index of the last 12 months, having declined 7.1% in November 2015, had the biggest negative figure since the beginning of the time series and has remained on a downward trend since January 2014 (1.6%).